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the next stage of the investigation was
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to find out what one of these
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subterranean cities looked like the
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amount of cement required is
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extraordinary for three days they kept
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pouring until ten tons of cement had
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disappeared down the tubes after a month
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they begin the excavation led by
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Professor Luiz for Chi
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it takes weeks to uncover the secret
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megalopolis of the ends
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with the help of mechanical diggers the
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scientists remove tons of Earth at last
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they begin to see the structure of the
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city-state
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there are subterranean highways
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connecting the main chambers and off the
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main routes are side roads the paths
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branch and lead to many fungus gardens
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and rubbish pits the tunnels are
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designed to ensure good ventilation and
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provide the shortest transport routes
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everything looks like it has been
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designed by an architect a single mind
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but of course that isn't true this
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colossal and complex city was created by
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the collective will of the ant colony
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the super organism
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the structure covers 50 square meters
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and goes 8 meters into the earth in its
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construction the colony moved 40 tons of
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soil billions of ant loads of soil were
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brought to the surface each load weighed
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four times as much as the worker and in
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human terms was carried a kilometer to
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the surface
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it is the equivalent of building the
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Great Wall of China it is truly a wonder
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of the world
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but ant cities don't have to be big to
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be successful